Game 28: Canadiens 4 Jets 2 post-game recap

The Habs take game one of two here in Winnipeg by a final score of 4-2 and the Jets slip to 17-9-2 on the season.

For those who would like to take a deeper dive into the advanced stats click here to see the results from the game via Natural Stat Trick.

Illegal Curve Post-Game Show:

Game Highlights:

Notable:

Kyle Connor scored to move into a tie with Nikolaj Ehlers for team lead in goals (14).

Connor Hellebuyck stopped the first penalty shot of the season the Jets have faced.

Multi point games:

Kyle Connor 2G
Josh Morrissey 2A

Player availability:

Coach availability:

Topics:

1. Assessing the game.
2. The third Habs goal.
3. The Logan Stanley hit
4. Is he happy with the offensive zone pressure his team applied?
5. What is he seen from his power play?
6. Needing to get better 5 on 5 against Habs.

Up next:

The Jets are off tomorrow. The Morning Papers will go live tomorrow at 7 am on illegalcurve.com.

Post-game Podcast:

David Minuk

Working hard on a daily basis to provide the latest Winnipeg Jets and Manitoba Moose news for our readers and listeners. I also appear on the Illegal Curve Hockey Show every Saturday on our YouTube channel as well as the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show after every single Jets game. And I occasionally jump in the play-by-play booth at Canada Life to provide colour analysis during Manitoba Moose games.

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